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Tracking Plastic Act proposes advancing recycled content standards
['Maria Rachal', 'Senior Editor']
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Please let us know if you have feedbackDive Brief:Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has introduced the Tracking Plastic Act , a bill intended to work toward standardizing the process of tracking recycled plastics in products “to address mislabeling and fraud by companies, reduce errors, and verify origins of recycled plastic content,” according to an announcement Thursday.
The Tracking Plastic Act authors seek harmonization with other standards and trading partners, specifically naming ones in Australia and North America.
The bill text also notes how a federal recycled plastic content tracking system could help harmonize state recycled plastic content requirements.
Other Senate co-sponsors of the Tracking Plastic Act include Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J.
In February, the Recycled Materials Attribution Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to establish federal standards for recycling and recycled content marketing claims — including accepting mass balance accounting.